‘Smile’ Outfit Temple Hill Teams With ‘Good Boy’ Director Ben Leonberg For Drone Horror ‘Follow Mode’; Protagonist Launches For Cannes Market

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EXCLUSIVE: Smile and Twilight producer Temple Hill is teaming up once more with UK sales firm Protagonist, this time on Ben Leonberg (Good Boy)’s next horror feature Follow Mode, which is due to be shot entirely on drones and aims to tap into the live stream generation.

Leonberg is coming off breakout horror Good Boy, which was IFC’s second-biggest theatrical opening weekend (second only to Temple Hill’s Clown in a Cornfield).

Protagonist is launching international sales at the upcoming Cannes market. Temple Hill and Verve Ventures are co-repping domestic rights. Script comes from Leonberg and Alex Cannon, who also co-scripted Good Boy.

The synopsis reads: “Consumer-grade drones now come with a “hands-free” setting that automatically directs the camera to follow you – in case you’re a surfer taking your next wave, a snowboarder back-flipping off a half-pipe, or a serial killer stalking your next victim. When

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